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GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does gravitational constant mean?

• GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT (noun)
The noun GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

Familiarity information: GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT used as a noun is very rare.

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• GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT (noun)

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Meaning:

(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

constant of gravitation; gravitational constant; universal gravitational constant; G

Hypernyms ("gravitational constant" is a kind of...):

constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Holonyms ("gravitational constant" is a part of...):

law of gravitation; Newton's law of gravitation ((physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them)

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